My family has been in America since the 1700s. We have witnessed a lot of history in that time. I can’t ask my ancestors about the revolutionary war, but my relatives did have some things to say about more recent events. The LA riots, the death of Kurt Cobain, The Challenger disaster, Star Wars, and the Kennedy assassination all of these contributed to the America we are to day. And my relatives were kind enough to share their experiences with these events. December 22, 1963; president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas leaving the nation in shock. My grandma sissy remembers when she heard the news. “That was the saddest day ever” she said. “I was living in a trailer in Buellton watching tv and holding Kim. She was just a little …show more content…
People throughout Los Angeles were outraged. Riots and Looting began soon after the verdict was announced. My father was at a friend’s apartment in Long Beach when it started. When he heard about the riots from the tv he decided he would wait for things to calm down then go home. He said “There were a lot of angry people in Long Beach. And gangs were pretty big there. The Crips were big in Long Beach. I figured I should just wait until things calmed down a little bit.” At some point he opened the window to see what things were like and if he could make the drive back to Huntington Beach. He said “I could hear tires screeching and and people yelling from down below. It was a tall building so I could see the fires all around. Just buildings lit on fire.” He stayed until there until about 3 am. He recounted the next morning at the halfway house where he had a job helping the tenants. “One of the tenants was getting ready to go to work. He was a security guard in somewhere in LA. I told him ‘don’t go to work today. It’s complete madness out there. Just stay home for the day.’ But he decided to go anyway. Luckily he was okay.” The riots lasted until May 4, 1992 with 63 killed and over 2000 injured. News of the riots rang out throughout the nation attesting to the frustration of the black community. It was ugly and gruesome and shined a spotlight on racial injustice in …show more content…
The nation grieved for the brave crew who lost their lives in the disaster. My Aunt Kim remembers where she was when she found out. “I was just out of high school and working at a bakery. I was in the back with some of the other girls who worked there when we heard the challenger had exploded. We knew that the teacher had died and everything like that. And… it was very sobering.” The Challenger explosion was a traumatic experience for America. NASA realized they hadn’t been careful enough. The explosion could have been avoided. The United States government and NASA from that point on realized that they couldn’t rush their projects at the expense of people's lives. It left a permanent impression on those who watched and reminds us that The United States is not perfect or infallible, that seven people died unnecessarily because of NASA’s decision to launch when conditions weren’t
Though sparked by the Rodney King verdict, there were many other causes of the riots that erupted on the streets of Los Angeles on April 29, 1992. The Los Angeles riots in 1992 were devastating. The obvious issue portrayed through the media was black versus white. If you did not live in Los Angeles or California chances are you did not hear full coverage of the story, you heard a simple cut and dry portrayal of the events in South Central. If you heard one thing about the riots, it was that there was a man named Rodney King and he was a black male beaten with excessive force by four white Los Angeles police officers on Los Angeles concrete. The media portrayed the riots as black rage on the streets due to the
On November 29, 1963, our 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. A young and vigorous leader who was a victim of the fourth Presidential assassination in the history of a country. This assassination was known as a world tragedy, and a great lost to our nation. Many conspiracies were formed while the investigation of his assassination was undergoing, making his case unsolved. But with the many conspiracies, the assassination caused a lot of effect on our country over the years. Making the JFK assassination a remarkable case.
One of the most debated and controversial topics in American History is the assassination of John F. Kennedy. JFK was one of the most loved presidents of our time. One article of his death wrote, "The day the country weeped"(John). The JFK assassination is filled with many conspiracy theories that cannot be proven to be exact facts. Such theories include a Government cover-up”CIA”, Mafia influence, The Illuminati, and Gay Thrill Kill Theory. The idea that lone mind, Lee Harvey Oswald, plotting to kill President Kennedy is too simple to believe. There’s No way that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, in the eyes of scholars today. Even with the growing number of bogus and garbage theories, there are a number of logical theories that do make a
I'm here to prove to you that JFK's assassination was not done by a single person and i have evidence to support this
It has been fifty-two years since that fatal day in Dallas, Texas where the president of the United States of America was killed; and since that day many conspiracies have come to light. Out of all of the conspiracies that surround the assassination one that has always been on the forefront was the magic bullet theory. This theory came about due to the Warren Commission saying “Oswald killed Kennedy from the sixth-floor book depository's eastern window …. the bullet ... entered the back of the President's neck, transited the neck, [and] entered Connally's body” (Wrone). The Warren Commission also attests to the there being three shots
In Anna Deavere Smith’s “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” there are a lot of characters who have different thoughts of what happened and why it happened. The LA uprisings happened after the video of a black young man being severely beaten by four white policemen was released to the media for everyone to see. During the uprisings people were getting shot by stray bullets and businesses were being destroyed, especially Korean stores. It was said to be one of the worst riots in U.S. history.
Who was the actual assassin of Martin Luther King? Over time various researchers have discovered a variety of potential associations or people to put the blame on. The main being the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The United States Army, James Earl Ray, and several other miscellaneous groups. What I have learned from the Martin Luther King conspiracy video is James Earl Ray, the man convicted of the crime was not intelligent enough to pull off this assassination. Yes, he was at the Motel across the street where the gunshots came from, and his fingerprints were on the gun but, in my opinion it just doesn't add up. Attorney William Pepper who fought to prove the innocence of James really made valid arguments
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray was originally the prime suspect and was brought in for a trial two months after the death. Based on the advice of his attorney, to avoid a possible death penalty Ray admitted to the murder of MLK. 3 days later he recanted his plea and said he didn't commit the murder.
“Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it — but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man,” Jacqueline Kennedy said referring to her husband’s assassination a year prior. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States with his one term cut short to only served two years and nine months before his death.
The Los Angeles Riots were the second riots to happen after the Watts Riots. The L.A Riots took place on April 9, 1992. The riots broke out in less than a day and lasted five days and killed more than 50 people and left more than 2,000 injured. On April 30, 1992, writers Richard A. Serrano and Tracy Wilkinson wrote an article in the Los Angeles Times newspaper saying "hours after the verdicts were announced, angry demonstrators torched buildings, looted stores and assaulted passersby as civic leaders pleaded for calm." The riots started after the verdict was given, people were filled with anger after they police officers were acquitted of all charges against them. Tensions also arose with Korean store owners.
John F. Kennedy’s Assassination Introduction John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald is said to be Kennedy’s assassin although it’s rumored that William Greer, who was driving the limousine the president was in, is who killed the president. No one knows who exactly why Kennedy was assassinated.
On Friday, November 22, 1963, as gunman Oswald triggered his rifle downward at the crowded Dealey plaza, Texas, two bullets struck Kennedy causing a fatal wound. At 1 p.m, the most accomplished president of the 20th century was pronounced dead.
The Los Angeles Riots were the second riots to happen after the Watts Riots. The L.A Riots took place on April 9, 1992. The riots broke out in less than a day and lasted five days and killed more than 50 people and left more than 2,000 injured. On April 30, 1992, writers Richard A. Serrano and Tracy Wilkinson wrote an article in the Los Angeles Times newspaper saying "hours after the verdicts were announced, angry demonstrators torched buildings, looted stores and assaulted passersby as civic leaders pleaded for calm." The riots started after the verdict was given, people were filled with anger after they police officers were acquitted of all charges against them. Tensions also arose with Korean store owners.
The history of African-Americans in the United States is full of many periods of achievements, as well as periods of struggle. The Los Angeles riots of 1992 were the result of many years of systematic racism in the United States following the Civil Rights Movement. The beating and unjust trial of Rodney King exposed the unfair and brutal treatment of African Americans by the police. As well as the shooting of 15 year-old Latasha Harlins 2 weeks after the beating of Rodney King to further ignite hatred within African-Americans in Los Angeles. What came forth was a week long riot not only changed Los Angeles, but the United States. That is why the Los Angeles riots was the most devastating, yet consequential, civil uproar in the history of the United States.
It was 8:30 in the morning, on the calm Sunday of November 17, 1963. I was sitting on my couch eating my cereal and listening to the radio. The reporter was talking about how bad the 60s were, then President Kennedy came on and announced that he was going on a trip across the state of Texas. I had church in 30 minutes and my mother was screaming at me to get ready, so I did. I was talking to my friend Kip, when I got to church, and he asked me if I had heard the news yet.